RRDRESTORE(1)                        rrdtool                       RRDRESTORE(1)

NAME
     rrdrestore - Restore the contents of an RRD from its XML dump format

SYNOPSIS
     rrdtool restore filename.xml filename.rrd [--range-check|-r] [--force-over‐
     write|-f]

DESCRIPTION
     The restore function reads the XML representation of an RRD and converts it
     to the native RRD format.

     filename.xml
             The  name of the XML file you want to restore. The special filename
             "-" (a single dash) is interpreted as standard input.

             In order to support the restore command in  pipe  mode  (especially
             when  using RRDtool over a network connection), when using "-" as a
             filename the end of the file can be signaled either by closing  the
             data  channel  after the file has transferred (as would be the case
             when using input redirection within a suitable shell) or by sending
             a crtl-Z / newline combination. This allows one to send  more  com‐
             mands to the RRDtool server after a restore.

     filename.rrd
             The name of the RRD to restore.

     --range-check|-r
             Make  sure  the values in the RRAs do not exceed the limits defined
             for the various data sources.

     --force-overwrite|-f
             Allows RRDtool to overwrite the destination RRD.

AUTHOR
     Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>

1.11.0                             2026-08-08                      RRDRESTORE(1)
